Glenn Bengtsson sings Ave Maria by Mendelssohn in Fleninge 2008

Glenn Bengtsson, barytenor, sings Ave Maria by Felix Mendelssohn based on N:r 3 from his pianosuite Lieder ohne Worte and adapted by Bengtsson, at an improvised recording session in the Church of Fleninge outside Helsingborg, on December 30th 2008 with pianist Nils-Erik Rosdahl, first purpose being to sum up some of the motley repertory of an intensive concert collaboration between 2000 and 2003, with extensive use of slow tempo, rubato, fermata, filatura and long diminuendos, as well as extreme span of nuances.